NOVPUBThe moment the giant Blood Tiger appeared, its immense beastly aura swept through the entire mountain cave.
It lowered its head slightly, its huge pupils fixed intently on everyone present.
"How can there be another one," Lin Bao’s face changed drastically as he felt the tiger’s aura, speaking with an uneasy expression.
"Esteem Vein Realm," Tian Shi said lightly, looking at the giant tiger.
"I’ll hold it off, you all run," Lin Bao took a deep breath and slowly walked towards the giant tiger.
When the giant tiger roared, and the aura of the Esteem Vein Realm enveloped them, someone on the scene was already trembling.
"Uncle Lin, we’ll go back and find the Demon-Subduing Arhat, hang in there for a while," shouted a villager nearby.
"It’s too late, just go, don’t mind me," Lin Bao shook his head, his gaze grave, with tinges of blue Spiritual Energy enveloping his body.
"Uncle Lin, may I give it a try?"
Just then, a composed voice sounded from the side.
The crowd turned their heads, only to see Tian Shi slowly walking out from behind.
"This guy is stealing my lines," Xu Zimei chuckled lightly.
He had been ready to speak, but the other had beaten him to it.
"Xiao Tian, this matter has nothing to do with you," Lin Bao quickly shook his head.
At that moment, the giant tiger next to them seemed to grow impatient and lunged forward with its gaping maw towards Lin Bao.
Lin Bao’s face turned pale, ready to dodge.
Suddenly, the Spiritual Energy around them became turbulent, and a shout came from Tian Shi’s mouth.
"Time acceleration."
At that moment, with the flow of the principle of time, Tian Shi’s figure appeared above Lin Bao in an instant.
Behind him, due to the high speed, a series of afterimages appeared.
With a loud "boom,"
An endless surge of air blasted open in midair.
Tian Shi’s body swayed slightly, while the giant tiger was sent flying backwards.
Pieces of rock and dirt fell from the ceiling of the cave.
"These Mythical Era monsters are really something," Tian Shi said with a light chuckle, shaking his somewhat numb right fist.
The blood-colored giant tiger got up from the ground, casting a wary glance at Tian Shi, before roaring angrily at him again.
"You deal with that mutant mother tiger; leave this one to me," said Tian Shi, then charged directly at the giant tiger.
"Is he also a Heavenly Being," a villager murmured in amazement, watching Tian Shi’s figure.
At this point, the giant tiger was almost being overwhelmed in the fight.
"Kill the Blood Tiger," Lin Bao roared, and all the villagers charged forward.
The weapons they used were mostly swords and knives. 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
As dozens of swords and knives struck the Blood Tiger, it let out a roar.
A huge paw slammed down, sending several villagers flying.
Xu Zimei frowned slightly from the side, his right hand pulsing with the power of Creation Force.
Spiritual Energy condensed into the shape of a small knife and was thrown directly.
The small knife, silent as a whisper, slid through layers of space and cut into the belly of the Blood Tiger.
The Blood Tiger, engaged in battle with the people, wailed, and its momentum weakened instantly.
"Attack its belly," Lin Bao shouted, and all attacks were directed at the Blood Tiger’s abdomen.
At this moment, the Formation protecting the hunting team reached its limit and suddenly vanished.
The Blood Tiger, having been hit in the abdomen, realized it could not survive.
It roared once more, with a will to fight to the death, recklessly charging at the hunting team members.
The entire hunting team was wounded, completely devoid of attacking strength.
As the Blood Tiger pounced at them, almost everyone was petrified with fear.
Lin Qing’s face was pale, her mind telling her that she should evade and run away.
But when real life-and-death moment arrived, her legs felt as if they were weighed down by lead, numb and utterly immovable.
The Blood Tiger’s gaping jaws opened wide, Lin Qing could even smell the stench of blood emanating from its mouth.
Those sharp claws shimmered with a cold light too.
In this urgent moment, as the Blood Tiger was about to leap at her, a pair of strong hands suddenly wrapped around Lin Qing’s waist.
Startled, Lin Qing turned her head, and Tian Shi’s face was almost within reach.
With a "boom,"
Endless spiritual energy surged, and the massive body of the Blood Tiger was sent flying away.
"Are you okay?" Tian Shi asked with a smile.
At this moment, Lin Qing’s body, previously taut with fear, relaxed, and she slumped into Tian Shi’s embrace.
Both their faces flushed red, heads lowered, not daring to look at each other.
"Talk about sour lemons," Xu Zimei shook his head as he walked out of the cave entrance on his own.
Ignoring the others’ joyful reunions in the cave, he stepped outside and contemplated the vastness of the world around him.
The Mythical Era was a magical time, where monsters roamed, and people strove desperately to survive.
Perhaps this was the simplest era of deception.
......
Acting was always a challenging endeavor, Xu Zimei had always felt.
But sometimes, you have no choice but to play a certain role and bring it to a perfect end.
After everyone emerged, they brought with them the corpses of the two Blood Tigers.
For the residents of Cangyan Town, these carcasses were considered to be highly nourishing.
The team returned in triumph, and life continued as usual.
However, between Lin Qing and Tian Shi, tender feelings secretly blossomed, and although they had not fully pierced through that veil, the two were increasingly sinking deeper into the river of love.
One day, Xu Zimei found Tian Shi.
"Quick, tell me what’s up. I have a date with Qing to go out," Tian Shi said somewhat anxiously.
"It’s about the two of you," Xu Zimei replied indifferently.
"What about us?" Tian Shi asked with a hint of surprise and disbelief, and then he could hardly believe what he was about to say, "Could it be that you..."
"What about me?" asked Xu Zimei, a look of confusion on his face.
"Are you trying to tell me that you like Qing too? And that you want to compete with me fairly?" Tian Shi said, on guard.
"Get out of here," Xu Zimei said, face deadpan.
"Have you ever thought about one thing, you’re not from this era at all?"
Hearing Xu Zimei’s words, Tian Shi fell silent.
"Just like what you’ve said before, when the timeline is restored, we have to go back to the Era of Emperors.
What about Lin Qing then?"
Tian Shi again fell silent before slowly raising his head and saying, "I have never forgotten about this matter.
That is why I want to spend as much time with Qing as possible, to make her happy before I have to leave."
"The brilliance once possessed in life will ultimately have to be repaid with loneliness," Xu Zimei stated indifferently, "Don’t you think that she’ll be even more miserable after you leave?"
"I won’t lie to you," Tian Shi responded, "Actually, I have been researching a secret technique that could alter fate."
"The Destiny-Defying Bead, huh," Xu Zimei chuckled to himself inwardly, the real matter was finally being addressed.
"Has it been successful?"
Tian Shi shook his head, replying, "It’s just a hypothesis. It was because of a failure in my research that I ended up travelling back to the Mythical Era."
